# BLS survey `fm`

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, LABSTAT time-series database (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/fm/). Public domain U.S. government data. Credit: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Survey documentation: `fm.txt`.

`*_series.parquet` defines each series_id (labels); `*_data_*.parquet` holds series_id, year, period (M01-M12 monthly, Q0x quarterly, A01/M13 annual), value, footnote_codes; other files map codes to labels.

| file | rows | columns |
|---|---|---|
| fm.chld | 15 | chld_code, chld_text |
| fm.contacts | 6 | Current Population Survey (CPS) Contacts |
| fm.data.1.AllData | 38450 | series_id, year, period, value, footnote_codes |
| fm.fchld | 4 | fchld_code, fchld_text |
| fm.fdat | 3 | fdat_code, fdat_text |
| fm.fhlf | 7 | fhlf_code, fhlf_text |
| fm.fnmatwk | 8 | fnmatwk_code, fnmatwk_text |
| fm.fnme | 8 | fnme_code, fnme_text |
| fm.fnmlf | 8 | fnmlf_code, fnmlf_text |
| fm.fnmu | 2 | fnmu_code, fnmu_text |
| fm.fnmws | 4 | fnmws_code, fnmws_text |
| fm.footnote | 2 | footnote_code, footnote_text |
| fm.forig | 2 | forig_code, forig_text |
| fm.frace | 4 | frace_code, frace_text |
| fm.ftpt | 3 | ftpt_code, ftpt_text |
| fm.ftyp | 6 | ftyp_code, ftyp_text |
| fm.hhlf | 7 | hhlf_code, hhlf_text |
| fm.lfst | 11 | lfst_code, lfst_text |
| fm.mari | 3 | mari_code, mari_text |
| fm.misclf | 2 | misclf_code, misclf_text |
| fm.mwlf | 7 | mwlf_code, mwlf_text |
| fm.orig | 2 | orig_code, orig_text |
| fm.prlf | 5 | prlf_code, prlf_text |
| fm.race | 4 | race_code, race_text |
| fm.seasonal | 2 | seasonal_code, seasonal_text |
| fm.series | 3144 | series_id, seasonal, series_title, fchld_code, fdat_code, fhlf_code, fnmatwk_code, fnme_code, fnmlf_code, fnmu_code, fnmws_code, forig_code, frace_code, ftpt_code, ftyp_code, hhlf_code, misclf_code, mwlf_code, prlf_code, chld_code, lfst_code, mari_code, orig_code, race_code, sexs_code, tdat_code, wkst_code, footnote_codes, begin_year, begin_period, end_year, end_period |
| fm.sexs | 3 | sexs_code, sexs_text |
| fm.tdat | 2 | tdat_code, tdat_text |
| fm.wkst | 3 | wkst_code, wkst_text |